Furrow and untitled cedar sculpture
Ben Butler, Sculptures & Installations at Zg Gallery, Chicago. “The spirit of science, of discovery and illumination, is central to Ben Butler’s art. Ultimately, everything made is first found. Yet, for both art and science, successful work must allow others not to simply rediscover what you have discovered, but to make, through the work, their own discoveries. The work then remains alive. “
via toxi and generator.x
an impressive collection of layered paper cut objects by Noriko Ambe. “When I am drawing or cutting lines, I am interested in observing the power of the changing growing shape. This dynamic shape becomes an entity in itself, “Another geography.” In a sense, the empty space is myself, and the materials represent the present world.”
via leonel cunha
duab17_ (oriol)
a snapshot of generative works by Paul Prudence, “artist and real-time visual performer working with computational and visual feedback systems and video. Uses VVVV, Flash & processed Digital Video. Lecturer on visual music and syneasthetic art.” Mr Prudence runs the generative art blog dataisNature.
in german. by art magazin. “Ihre Installationen erinnern ja auch eher an einen Physiker oder Naturwissenschaftler … / Das hat etwas mit Sehgewohnheiten zu tun. Und diese versuche ich immer in Frage zu stellen. Ich finde meine Installationen teilweise gar nicht so technisch. Für mich ist das auch ein Ausdruck dafür, in welcher Zeit wir gerade leben.”
Im art-Interview spricht er über seine Zeit als Gärtner, die Grenzen zwischen Kunst und Naturwissenschaft – und die Vermatschung von Tönen.
designing processes rather than art
a workshop conducted by bruce sterling, 25-28 November 2008 at fabrica.it. Found via the spectre mailinglist, a post by Marco Mancuso who posted his critical essay Generative Nature - Aesthetics, repetitiveness, selection and adaptation.
via spectre
“Jim Denevan makes freehand drawings in sand. At low tide on wide beaches Jim searches the shore for a wave tossed stick. After finding a good stick and composing himself in the near and far environment Jim draws— laboring up to 7 hours and walking as many as 30 miles”
working with natural forces, ned kahn creates beautiful sculptures and facades that translate natural activity and movement into form.
The entire space was created by lashing together almost 1.3 million cable ties. Visitors are invited to explore the surreal landscape of cocoons, webs and light called “The Third Space” that took a staggering 16,870 hours to complete. made possible by 52 art students of the academy of fine arts in Munich. more pictures.
via Yanko Design
“a three-dimensional steel matrix inset with panels of living mosses and enclosed within by translucent volume. Moistscape allows visitors to experience the play in scale from the miniature of the floating mossy landscape to the actual one of the installation as a whole.” Design and Fabrication by Lauren Crahan, John Hartmann, Corey Yurkovich.
via frcll
masking tape on black wall, by Kristin Nordhoy.
by Katrin Sigurdardottir “High Plane V will depict an artificial landscape, made of the most basic construction materials: blue insulation material and white paint. [..] In order to view the landscape, visitors will be invited to climb up one of two ladders in the second floor gallery, and raise their heads through one of the two holes in the ceiling above.”
via www.ps1.org
by anne wilson ” Elements of ancient handwork participate in new thinking about the viability of lightweight mesh structures to create temporary and portable architectures. A city is imagined of tensile networks, deflated domes, skeletal igloos, flattened tents, elevated canopies, schematic cooling towers, linear pathways, rubble from collapse, stacks and parts to rebuild. “
think of one thing
singapore biennale 2008. think of one thing. mariele neudecker, germany. installation, glass, water, rasin, enamel paint, salt, gac 100. loved the fog effect and the landscape reflections at the top of the “glass box”.
“but what is the beauty of nature? surely nature is not trying to produce beauty, snf nor is it able to feel beauty. yet, when we look at nature, we perceive beauty. then what significance is there in a human recreating it?”
“The work of Mariele Neudecker (born 1965) deals with the concepts of “the romantic” and its reception and nationalistic abuse throughout German history. Drawing on the tradition of German romantic painting and its most prominent representative Caspar David Friedrich, the artist recreates and transforms the historical work into three-dimensional, contemporary versions.”
via artnews.org
my current favorite, the “abstract thought is a warm puppy” installation. but see yourself. i recommend the installations and text section.
“part of london’s art fair week is ‘the future can wait’, a curated show featuring 50 of the UK’s most promising young artists. the work on show is multidisciplinary featuring everything from painting and photography to installation and performance art. the show is curated by zavier ellis and simon rumley who were recently invited to tour ‘the future can wait’ to hong kong’s newest museum space MOCA china. this will be the second edition of ‘the future can wait’.”
